Afghan national Administrative Processing

[Shamla 2]

Hello,

I have looked for threads about this on this forum but have not found anything. I have read that many people petitioning for their husband in Afghanistan had been out in Administrative Processing for over 18 months until visa is received. 

 

Has anyone filed a CR1 for their Afghan National husband/wife living in another country and got approved without administrative processing?

 

I am trying to figure out if they put you in Admin processing if you live in Afghanistan or if that doesn’t matter, just as long as you are an Afghan National living abroad you are also put in Admin processing for a long while?

Those that have had success please share your stories. 

Edited October 23, 2019 by Shamla

[designguy 1,179]

Has your Afghan spouse ever lived in Afghanistan or has family in Afghanistan?

[Shamla 2]

27 minutes ago, designguy said:

Has your Afghan spouse ever lived in Afghanistan or has family in Afghanistan?

Yes. My spouse is an Afghan National living abroad. 

[geowrian 22,335]

AP is part of the normal process.

Extended AP, such as that due to background checks, is a black box on what triggers it. Residency or travel to certain countries is a very common predictive factor, but not a sole cause.

[designguy 1,179]

2 minutes ago, Shamla said:

Yes. My spouse is an Afghan National living abroad. 

Then you can assume based on other cases that you are looking at AP in the scope of months (potentially years) rather than days. This is especially true for men coming from MENA countries.

 

Keep in mind that every case is handled individually so its impossible to say how long your situation will potentially take

Edited October 23, 2019 by designguy